Aldis Hodge of TNT’s “Leverage” Chats It Up With Mediaoutrage.com
Posted by Media Outrage on June 16th, 2010
Mediaoutrage.com had the opportunity to bust-it-up with actor Aldis Hodge, who portrays Alec Hardison on TNT’s hit show, Leverage, which is entering into it’s 3rd season on June 20 at 9pm Eastern and 8pm Central. It wasn’t a lengthy interview but we got to pick his brain on a topic or two. Pop the top to check it out…
Mediaoutrage: My question is how similar is the personality of the character you portray, you know, Alec Partisan from your own? How similar are you guys in real life?
Aldis Hodge: Well I – I’d say we’re pretty similar. I add a lot of my own personality to the character as far as his humor, as far as how he plays in jokes. So I would say we definitely have a kinship there. We’re definitely very, very close.
Mediaoutrage: Okay.
Aldis Hodge: And our lightheartedness as far as our way of thinking, you know, I’m not a thief but I would say that he has a good heart that I try to model after what I would like to be. So yes we’re pretty close.
Mediaoutrage: Okay, okay.
Aldis Hodge: The only thing that he does different that I don’t do is probably the hacking and stealing thing.
Aldis Hodge: But I’m definitely a loudmouth that talks all the time.
Mediaoutrage: Okay, a quick follow up. How much are you guys or how much are you allowed to improvise in the show from the script?
Aldis Hodge: Allowed is a very, very casual term. No we – our writers trust us enough to take these characters where we feel they need to go.
We respect what’s written. We honor the idea and we respect the theory of the idea. And when it comes to improv we just, we usually improv what we feel is best for the situation or what’s most respectful and relevant to the character and the situation at the time.
So ((inaudible)) sort of thing, I have a rule. I say give them one straight and give them hell which means, you know, as long as we’ve got an original take, a good clean original take on there which is what’s written then I’m good.
And after that I play with the scene and we see how I can dress it up, make it colorful and I guess throw a little something, something on there, you know, to flush out the potential of the scene and the characters in it.
Mediaoutrage- Remember to check out Leverage on June 20th at 9pm Eastern 8pm Central on TNT.
June 16th, 2010 at 11:14 am
Never watched this show. My girl watches it sometimes.
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June 16th, 2010 at 11:28 am
Awe I like Leverage.
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June 16th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
I love this show!
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June 16th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
Cool!
I like this show a lot, but I’ve only seen a couple of episodes. It’s on my ‘to-rent’/'to-Netflix’ list
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June 16th, 2010 at 4:58 pm
HAVEN’T WATCHED IT YET,BUT THE WIFE LIKE IT AND I’M SURE I WILL END UP IN HER PART OF THE HOUSE WATCHING IT WITH HER.CAN’T STAY LOCKED UP IN MY OFFICE ALL THE TIME GOTTA COME OUT TO GIVE HER SOMETIME AND KEEP THE PIECE IF I WANT A PIECE.
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